This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will be the third in a multipart series devoted to showcasing overlooked jazz musIcians whose careers were sadly cut short by early deaths, whether due to disease, addiction, accidents, murder or mysterious circumstances.The series, “Points of Departure,” will survey nearly 100 musicians from across 110 years of recordings, beginning with a rag by Scott Joplin from 1907 and ending on a recording by trumpeter Jaimie Branch from 2017. “Overlooked” host Rob Saffer collaborated with jazz archivist Marc Epstein to select recordings that offer points of departure to envision what these talented artists might have done had they lived longer.

Playlist:
Vitus Labrusca (“Overlooked” theme) - Ben LaMar Gay
The Squirrel - Wade Legge
Images - Sonny Red
Main Stem - Oliver Nelson
Anthropology - Bud Powell
Capers - Blue Mitchell
Wo Wo - J.C. Moses
Trippin’ - Elmo Hope
Chun King - Bobby Timmons
L - Lowell Davidson
Acka Raga - Joe Harriott
Jupiter - John Coltrane
The In Between - Booker Ervin
Ascendent - Jimmy Garrison
Minor League - Duke Pearson
Alto Sax - Cannonball Adderley
Poem Field #2 - David Izenson
Hey Western Union Man - Grant Green
Encounter - Albert Dailey
Saudia - Larry Young

After the local news at noon, “Overlooked” is a show focusing on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational, and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experiments, a mix of familiar to rare, classic to weird. Live from the shadow of Overlook Mountain in Ulster County.

Host Rob Saffer is the former Executive Director and Producer of the Creative Music Foundation. While living in Brooklyn for 25 years, he served on advisory boards for Celebrate Brooklyn and Symphony Space. He also curated the Brooklyn Museum’s summer jazz series and helped found The Mingus Big Band.